The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-11-10

1fji IL CCI I<NNI tIilh- S-1It-
everybody being ready for the speech
es, Major c. w f. Harper, Chief
Marshal, il = few happy and appro-
pirate remarks introduced 70 the vast
audience Col. Clinton Albert Ciliey,
late Of the United States Army, who
was engaged during the whole war in
the West against the Caldwell troops
in the Western army.
COL. CILLEY's ADDRESS.
As we will have the pleasure OF
printing Col. Cilley's address in full
rom the manuscript next week, we
will not mar it by an attempt at CIV
ing a summary. It is sufficient 70 say
that it was a broad, liberal, wei timed
speech and was thoroughly in harmo-
ny with the spirit Of his audience. We
viii report a pretty epis 'de or incident
which ne brought in at the close Of
ais eloquent written address. At the
end Of his address, Col. Ciiley said, As
he took a tattered old hattIe-fag from
l,Iajor Harper; This IS the flag of
:he 18th North Carolina Regiment.
Il was carried through the campaign
f the western army This star IN my
tight hand cut from the flag Of my
ia Regiment as It hang by few
sLken threads, just after the battle Of
3emtonyilie, where these two Regi-
.lents met for the last tine--in action
IS they had often met before. Trey
have never been s. near each other 1s
Low, and I nail it as q sign of perfect
peace, and q good omen for the future
that they now come close together III
the hands Of 2 Yankee soldier, an.l ii
lis Southern home" 1t the close Of
these remarks, the band played
Marching through Georgia. =
Ia response to calls from the audi
ence, Major General u. ". Ransom,
senior &. S. Senator from North Car
Dina, arose and proceeded 10 address
the audience.
EXTRACTS FROM SENATOR RANsoMs 5
SPEECH.
Ladies, Ccmrades, EeHaau Country-
ssen.-TIis is & great day and / am
glad &c be here to take part with you
"a the grand purpose Of th;s great day.
| have seen greater coneourses Of peo-
r'e | have beheld hundreds Of thou
sands Of my fellow citizens lnassed to
19-her upon some great occasion IN
Washington [ have seen great armies
a9arshalled upon the plains Of battle J;
l have seen million Of people gath
cred together ia the great metropolis
of The country. But, my countrymen,
rs / stand here. a North Car0liniln.
and look into the faces of you, my
fellow citizens, and gaze upon the
lovely North Carolina landscape
around us, with the blessed blue
mountains in the distance, as | view
the lovely tints of the autumn foliage,
and as | contemplate the noble casse,
that calls US together-refocting upon
these things, / can only say that no
occasion can be more interesting to
me- than the present. I listened with
great interest to the wise, well tiIacl
and eloquent words Of the gallant gen
tlemen who preceded me. 4 glorious
thing it is, indeed, that il our times it
has come TO pass that Judge Cilley, a
soldier who fought on the Federal
side in the late war can say such
things as these here in a Southern
town and that his words should meet
with universal appreciation. =
[ Here followed tribute to confeder-
ate soldiers and 'Fthe women, G q
bless 'em'-as Gen. Mad. Leach loves
to put it. Gen. Ransom always talks
about the women and THE SENTINEL
has vague suspicion that therein lies
one secret of his success.
I agree with Judge Cilley in his
remarks about the origin of the war
It is preposterous to say that North
ern men would have fought just to
free the slaves or that the Southern
men would have fought JUS to keep
the negroes in slavery. The majority
Of the Southern soldiers owned no
slaves. The property il slaves would
have been safe under Lincoln. The
cause of the war hinged upon a Sec
t;onal difference between the North
and South about the functions Of GOV
ernment-one taking stronger views
than the other on the subject Of States
Rights Each thought itself right, =
After the playing Of Dixie by the
band, Col. w. II. II. Cowles arose
and addressed the veterans for feH
minutes ii his usual felicit0us style.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Gen. Ransom held a levee and
handshakiLg on the platform after
the speaking and most of the old sol
diers came up and grasped him, the
old commander of many of them
warmly by the hand.
Right here THE SENTINEL want.
to tell an incident about that HANE
Of Senator Ransom's It is related
that the HAND once met a MAJ
whom it didn't know, but the HANI
wasn't to be outdone, so it inquired
the persons name and with heart,
How are you, Mr., JONES'" 1t grippet
upon that person and since then tin
person has never failed to use its In
auence for the HAND. They do sa,
that whenever a man shakes it he j
made a lifelong friend of its owner.
Senator Zeb. Vance was invited bu
he is trying to complete his residenc
near Black Mountain before Congress
meets and couldn't come.
Over 5000 people were at the re
union and it was a big day for Lemon
Already the talk is to have an eve
more successful re union next yea
than this, if that is possible. 1t wi
probably be earlier in the season. !
permanent organization and free din
ner to all the veterans will be certai
features of next years reunion.